For consumers seeking information about different products, brands, and services, the Internet is rich in information. For example, online review sites like Yelp.com have long provided the kinds of resources consumers need for making ...
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When Apple first unveiled the iPhone in 2007, the company partnered with Google to deliver maps and directions for its users. Five years later, Apple is for the first time providing its own mapping solution. Apple has completely revamped ...
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US regulators are likely to conclude a lengthy antitrust probe of Google's dominance of internet searches with a voluntary settlement, news reports say. The Wall Street Journal said Google was likely to agree to a settlement with the ...
Apple is said to be asking TomTom for help as it tries to improve its Maps app. According to a Bloomberg report, Senior Vice President Eddy Cue is “prodding digital maps provider TomTom to fix landmark and navigation data it shares ...
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Your favorite virtual assistant now knows a lot more than it ever did before. Beyond merely knowing answers to more kinds of questions, Siri in iOS 6 gains new functionality, simplifies some common tasks, and provides more useful results, ...
YAHOO! has shaken up its board of directors, giving a seat to PayPal co-founder and former Google executive Max Levchin and bidding farewell to two of its members. Levchin's arrival on the Yahoo! board came with the departure of Intuit ...
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With the Apple iOS 6 upgrade launch, the company's first turn-by-turn navigation program, simply called "Maps," is now available for iPhone and iPad and included with the iPhone 5. Full of promise, Maps has been subject to much criticism ...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should "tread carefully" before bringing an antitrust complaint against Google, a veteran U.S. lawmaker said as news reports suggested the agency is ready to move forward. Representative Jared Polis, a ...
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On the smart-phone battleground, much attention has been paid recently to the quality of the free navigation app--Apple Maps--that comes with the new iPhone 5 (also part of the iOS 6 upgrade available for some other Apple devices). But ...
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FITCH swept the"triple crown"of store design competitions with a"hands-on,"LEED Silver showroom for San Diego-based Fixtures Living.The three competitions–the Retail Design Institute(RDI)International Store Awards,the Association for ...
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